05/31/2026
Meet the artists behind MARK:
Hollis Hammonds is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines the emotional and material aftermath of environmental and human-made disruption. Built on threads of memory and shaped by the public collective consciousness, her practice investigates social issues ranging from economic disparity and state violence to environmental degradation and disaster. Her drawings and multimedia installations have been widely exhibited throughout the United States, including solo exhibitions at The Grace Museum, Women & Their Work, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Dishman Art Museum, and the Reed Gallery.
Hammonds is an Associate Professor of Art & Design in the College of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University.
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Jo Kim is an artist based in Austin, Texas, working across installation, performance, sculpture, and sound. Their practice examines the poetics of acoustics in relation to space and the body, exploring what it means to feel and see sound. Through repetition and symmetry, they consider how architectural elements and overlooked infrastructures can be reimagined as resonant sites where vibration, silence, and noise becomes spatial and visual encounters. Kim received a BA in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and is a recipient of the Lomis Slaughter, Jr. Endowment Scholarship in Sculpture. They are a graduating MFA candidate in Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin and have exhibited in Singapore, Austin, and London
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Rosalyn Jewel Farney is a print, drawing, and photo maker currently based in Austin, Texas. Rosalyn recently graduated from the Studio Art MFA program at the University of Texas, Austin and obtained her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021. She was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship in the field of animation to study experimental moving image art from 2023 to 2024. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and DIY spaces located in Chicago, Berlin, and Austin.
